Applied Research In Visual Analytics For Controlling Building Height In Coastal Areas

Due to compact, intensive development during the modern construction boom, itis often difficult to balance the shaping and maintaining of the urban coastallandscape that serve as landmark properties in rapidly emerging coastal cities. Oneof the most important factors in protecting the urban coastal landscape, buildingheight must be regulated in order to shape each city’s unique characteristics. Theorigin of most problems in coastal landscape design can be traced back to the urbanplanning stage. Existing planning guidelines focus on controlling building heightaccording to urban geography and economic factors, while ignoring the urbanlandscape, completely lacking the relevant code.The most important guideline in controlling building height is protecting visualsightlines to the ocean. This thesis first analyzes coastal conditions around the world,including the original design goals and planning restraints. Next, through visualanalysis of these case studies’ theories and practices, we will propose a method ofcontrolling and evaluating building height conditions in coastal areas throughoutChina. Finally, we will study Huizhou’s Daya Bay as a characteristic example ofcontrolling building height in urban coastal areas, with effective urban planning at allstages, while also establishing a building height precedent for China’s coastal regions,and providing implementation and management references for future study.